Guard attachment for chandeliers.



' No. 807,173. PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

V. J. JANSER & H. MEYER. GUARD ATTACHMENT FOR GHANDELIERS.

APPLICATION FILED IBB. 24,1905.

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IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE...

VICTOR J. J ANSER AND HENRY MEYER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSA- CHUSETTS.

GUARD ATTACHMENT FOR CHANDELIERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed February 24, 1905. Serial No. 247,108.

delier or gas-light and which serve to prevent the smoke and heat fromthe gas light or lights from blackening or otherwise injuriouslyaffecting the ceiling above the chandelier.

A particular object of this invention is to provide supportingappliances for the gasligh't guards or canopies which permit thepositioning of the guards in anyproper radial adjustment to accord withthe location of the burners, more or less, as the case may be, outwardlybeyond the central line of the depending gas-pipe.

Other objects of the invention are to the end of securing simplicity ofconstruction,

practicability and convenience in setting up, durability, and-thecapability of compactly arranging the parts for stowage ortransportatlon.

The invention consists in the constructions and combination of partshereinafter described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of achandelier having the present improved gas-light guards combinedtherewith. Fig. 2 is a plan view and partial section showing the primarysupport for the guard carrying rods as constructed for a three-lightchandelier and showing one of the guard-carrying rods. Fig. 3 is a sideview of one of the guard-carrying rods.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

In the drawings, A represents a chandelier comprising the dependinggas-pipe B and having at its lower end the radiating branch pipes C (1,provided, as usual, with the gasburners D D and globes E E therefor.

Gr represents a primary support for the rods F E, which carry at theirouter ends the guards or canopies J to have positions suitably'above anddirectly over the gas-light.

-As shown in the form of its most extensive construction, the saidsupport G is made in the form of a sleeve comprising the section a and asecond section 64 hinge-connected at b, one of said sections having atongue-shaped extremity d to match into an endwise-opening recess f inthe other section, said matching parts being vertically perforated toreceive therethrough the locking-ping. The sectionally-constructedsleeve has radial screwthreaded openings therethr'ough, through whichare screw-engaged the threaded shanks or members j, which have formed asone therewith or attached thereto the straight tubular extensions k,open at their outer ends. The straight portions of the rods F haveengagements telescopically with the tubular extensions Zc, so thateither inward or outward movements of such rods will bring thecanopyguards J to their proper positions directly over the burner.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the ends of the rods F are split, asindicated at m, the portions at either side of the cleft being normallydeflected or spread, as more particularly shown in Fig. 3, and therebyadapted on the contraction of the spread portions in their entrance intothe tube 70 to develop a frictional reaction for the adjustableconfinement in the tubular extensions of the guard-carrying rods, itbeing manifest that this frictional engagement is such as to not onlymaintain the rods against undue endwise movements, but keeps them fromrotational movements, whereby the guards J would be improperly tilted.

The threaded extremities of the studs (of which there are atleast three,although four thereof might be provided for substantially similareifects) protrude beyond the inner wall of the sleeve in the engagementof the appliance with and about the depending gas-pipe B and bindagainst such pipe at different sides thereof, serving as the supportingmeans for the sleeve and the parts carried thereby. The extensions ofthe always sufliciently long shanks of the studs entirely throughand'beyond the inner wall of the sleeve make it practicable, as clearlyunderstood in Fig. 2, to make the appliances with the sleeves as largeor larger than the largest gas-pipes and render them applicable as wellon very small as on medium or the largest gas-pipes in use, and thus thepractical value of the present improved device largely depends on itsapplica-,

bility as well on a quarter-inch drop-pipe as on one of an inch orapproximately the size of the round opening within the sleeve.

As apparent, the guardsJ and their carrying-rods may be easily drawn outfrom the tubular extensions 70, which latter may be disconnected fromthe sleeve, and the sleeve on being disconnected from the pipe may, withthe parts j is and F J, be compactly disposed in a box or package forstowage in a store or for transportation.

It is to be especially stated that by making the stud j serve the doublepurpose of a universally-applicable confinement means for the sleeverelatively to the drop-pipe and also as parts comprised in thesupporting means for the guards J, an attachment is produced in whichthe components are reduced to a minimum, with corresponding advantagesboth to the manufacturer, to point of cheapness of construction, and tothe user because of simplicity and lessened liability to derangement inuse.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In an appliance of the character described, a sleeve or ring made inhinge-connected sections, provided with means for locking thesleeve-sections in their closed relations, and formed with three or moreholes radially therethrough, three or more studs having threaded shanksscrew engaged through said radial holes and protruding beyond the innerwall of the sleeve to assume engagements with the depending chandeliergas-pipe to secure the appliance to said pipe, at different pointstherearound, and said studs being provided with tubular extensions, androds, endwise adjustable in said tubular extensions and carrying guardsor canopies at their outer ends.

2. In an appliance of the character described, in combination, a sleeveor ring made in hingeconnected sections and provided with means forlocking the sections closed, and constructed wi h three or morescrew-threaded holes therethrough, a corresponding number of studshaving threaded shanks screw-engaged through said radial holes, andprotruding beyond the inner wall of the sleeve for engagement withvariably-sized chandelier-pipes to secure the appliance to said pipessaid studs having the outwardly-open axial sockets, tubular arms havingtheir inner ends engaged in said sockets, and the rods frictionallyengaged, and endwise adjustable, in said tubes and having gas-lightguards at their outer ends.

3. In an appliance of the character described, a supporting-ringcomprising a plurality of movably-connected segments, and means tosecure said segments together, said segments being formed with aplurality of radially-disposed threaded openings extending entirelytherethrough, a plurality of radiating studs, each of which is formedwith a threaded end engaging one of said openings and projecting withinthe segmental ring to impinge against a pipe to secure the appliance inposition thereon, the outer end of eachstud being formed with an axialsocket, arms rigidly mounted in the sockets and shields on the arms.

Signed by us at Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

VIC. J. J ANSER. HENRY MEYER.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, G. R. DRISOOLL.

